The report contains an analysis of the drug control situation worldwide so that Governments are kept aware of existing and potential situations that may endanger the objectives of the international drug control treaties. The 2008 report looks at the history of international drug control as in 2009 it will commemorate 100 years of such control. Divided into four parts, it also covers the following topics: operation of the international drug control system, an analysis of the world situation and, finally, a set of recommendations to Governments, the United Nations and other relevant international and regional organisations.